Instructors

Since moving to Tucson in 1985, Andrea has casually explored several artistic genres such as drawing, painting, jewelry-making, and stained and fused glass art as leisure activities.

Judy Studwell’s subtle style creates a personal connection between her subject and her audience.

Professional Photographer, Jay Pierstorff has spent over four decades in photography including portraits, weddings, commercial and industrial images in both still and video.

Candy Schultheis is an award winning artist who lives and has her studio in Marana, Arizona.

Laurel Devaney is an artist currently residing in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Raised near Wilmington, DE, Ada Koch won early scholarships to the Delaware Art Museum before studying in Washington, DC and Chicago, IL.

Janie Gildow is a graduate of the Ohio State University and recipient of the Martha Holden Jennings Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Cathy Sheeter is quickly becoming known as one of the premier wildlife and western scratchboard artists of today.

Stephen Vaughan is a professional photographer and ornithologist.

Sharon K. Schafer has a varied background ranging from painter and photographer, to wildlife biologist and river guide.

Becky Neideffer is an artist with a life-long passions for art, she has worked in all mediums, but prefers soft pastels and colored pencils.

Laura took to art early. Classes beginning in grade school led to a regional Scholastic Art Award in her senior year of high school. In college, her artwork was published on the cover of the anthropology department journal and in a professor's book.

Combining a love of nature and science with the power of observation, Rachel Ivanyi has been a core instructor for the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute since 2003.

Linda M. Feltner is an award-winning nature artist, educator, and visual storyteller.

Three of Gale's grandparents were artists (a designer, a painter and a sculptor), while her mother, an occasional painter,

A long time resident of Tucson, Arizona, Catherine Nash is an artist who freely mixes media in her work to express her ideas.

A multi-medium artist with a focus on soft pastel and a flair for modern style, Ursula Schneider most commonly illustrates her greatest influence—the Sonoran Desert.

Susan Morris has a B.A. in Painting & Drawing from Brigham Young University, and her professional associations include:

Brian Lamprell trained as an architect in England and has practiced in London, New York, Park City and San Francisco.

I was born to create. Regardless of the form my creativity has taken over my profession and my art, the desire to make has run through me and always leads forward.